Jasmine rice

Also called Thai rice

Jasmine rice is a variety of rice that cooks steam. When cooked, it is soft and mildly sweet.

Plant-based

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category: Grains, flours & pasta
Variety of: Rice
Texture: Soft
Cooked most in: Africa
Top country: Senegal
Dishes: 1 in the catalogue

Photo: Takeaway · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use jasmine rice

Typical ways to cook or use it

Steam

Cooking with it

Use a little less water for a drier rice to serve in soup.

Flavour

Taste and texture

Taste, cooked profile of jasmine rice

Sweet1

Sour0

Salty0

Bitter0

Umami0

Texture, cooked

Soft

Shopping

Choosing and storing jasmine rice

Choosing a good one

For a stronger aroma, choose freshly harvested rice.

Around the world

Where jasmine rice is cooked

1 dish in the catalogue uses jasmine rice. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Africa1

Countries whose dishes use it most

Senegal 1

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list jasmine rice among their ingredients.

Origins

2026 · United States
Jasmine rice became popular in the United States.

On the table

Dishes made with jasmine rice

1 dish in the catalogue uses it.

Thiebou Yapp
Senegal

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include jasmine rice.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: jasmine rice in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.

Allergens: None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: eggs, fish, milk, molluscs, sulphites, crustaceans.
Animal origin: No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Alcohol: None
Pork: None

Family

Related forms

A kind of: rice
A variety of: rice